Jimmy Carter is not remembered as a great President. Most folks might even consider him a failure, the peanut farmer from Plains, Georgia. But why exactly do we hold one of the two Democratic Presidents of the last 38 years in such low esteem?

Isn't this the man that held the country together in the years after Watergate? Didn't he bring decency and honesty back to The White House?

Yes.

Isn't it a great American success story for a man to come from such humble beginnings, serve in defense of his country and then ascend to the highest office?

Yes.

Isn't it remarkable that back in 1979 he declared "The energy crisis is real. It is worldwide. It is a clear and present danger to our Nation. These are facts and we simply must face them." Isn't that leadership and vision?

Back in 1975 0r 76, when Jimmy Carter was running for President, he declared that he had no big money ties and yet... he was a Charter Member of the TriLateral Commission, formed in 1973 by Nelson Rockefeller... and when the country believed him and he was elected president over the man that pardoned Nixon, he filled his cabinet with members from that same commission...

No Big Money Ties... yeah right... he was a liar...

I'm NOT a fan...

Off topic Question: How many times has a member of the TLC been elected President or Vice President since it's creation in 1973?